2014 American Democracy Project and The Democracy Commitment National Meeting

Please join us in Louisville, Kentucky for
the American Democracy Project’s (ADP) 12th annual national meeting and The
Democracy Commitment’s (TDC) 4th annual national meeting at the Marriott
Louisville Downtown.

The meeting begins on Thursday, June 5 with a
series of meetings and workshops, a day of service, our campus and friends
showcase, a late afternoon opening plenary and a reception; it concludes with a
closing reception at O’Sheas on Saturday evening, June
7.

About the Conference

The ADP/TDC National Meeting is an annual
conference that brings together over 600 attendees, including provosts, other
administrators, faculty members, students and community partners. The focus of
each annual meeting is on sharing civic learning and engagement ideas, best
practices, research and curricular and co-curricular programs.

The conference structure includes four plenary sessions, a poster session, a series
of concurrent sessions, workshops, lightning rounds, teaching demonstrations,
panels and roundtable discussions with multiple presenters.

Each year a meeting theme is chosen around which a variety of
speakers and sessions are dedicated. Please note, however, that while we seek
proposals that address the meeting theme we also welcome all proposals related
to broader civic learning and engagement topics. The 2014 meeting theme is
“Forging Civic Pathways for Students Between Our Institutions” and addresses
the many ways in which we foster and might build more coherent civic learning
and engagement experiences for students on our own campuses and transferring
between our two-year and four-year institutions.

Meeting
Theme

The 2014 meeting theme is “Forging Civic Pathways for Students
Between Our Institutions” and addresses the many ways in which we foster and
might build more coherent civic learning and engagement experiences for
students on our own campuses and those transferring between our two-year and
four-year institutions.

Both the American Democracy
Project (ADP) and The Democracy Commitment (TDC) share a deep commitment to
ensuring that our students are prepared not only for careers but for lives of
informed, engaged citizenship. We also share many of the same students—more
than 50 percent of AASCU's graduates began their college careers in local
community colleges. Our two-year and four-year campuses share not only the
same students but also serve the same communities.

However, far too often, our two sets of institutions—two-year and four-year
schools—do not share the same civic resources, do not offer articulated
academic programs, and do not pursue the same strategies to help our students
become and remain civically engaged during their college education. As a
result, our shared students often experience a disconnected set of civic
learning and engagement programs as they move from our two-year to four-year
institutions. The challenge of articulation between lower-division and
upper-division also impacts civic education.

As
partners in the work of preparing citizens, ADP and TDC are committed to
bridging these gaps between our institutions by intentionally building programs
and processes designed to create clear pathways by which students can connect
civic learning and community engagement through their baccalaureate program of
study. To achieve that goal, beginning this year, ADP and TDC will
collaborate in the design and development of civic programs that work. In the
process of building smoother, more articulated civic pathways through college
we will learn from one another about high impact civic learning and engagement
practices and improve our own programs and practices.

Creating Civic Pathways:

helps students
experience a non-disjointed education

fosters collaboration in working
with community organizations and partners

assists two-year and
four-year institutions to learn from each other in developing programs that are
highly effective without reinventing the wheel

enhances transfer and
articulation relationships between and among our schools

Join us in Louisville and share your ideas, projects and experiences
that bridge the gap between the civic work of our two-year and four-year
campuses. We look forward to seeing you there!

We are happy to announce that
ACPA’s Symposium on Service Learning is being co-located with our ADP/TDC
National Meeting. ADP/TDC members will enjoy member pricing for the ACPA’s
Symposium, held directly before our meeting in the same hotel. Likewise, ACPA
attendees receive AASCU member rates for the ADP/TDC National Meeting. If
you are an ACPA attendee and would like to register for our ADP/TDC meeting,
choose the Individual Member rate if you are the only representative from your
campus. If more than one person from your campus is attending than choose the
Team Member Rate. For more detail information visit
www.myacpa.org/event/2014-symposium-service-learning

NEW THIS YEAR!

The Democracy
Commitment (TDC) Day

TDC's 3rd annual meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on
Thursday, June 5. Thursday will be focused on TDC projects, before joining our
university colleagues for our annual joint TDC/ADP meeting. TDC Day will
include organizing for our initiative, Engage the Election 2014, networking
with colleagues, and opportunities for deeper learning about TDC and ADP civic
programs. Special focus will be on our three-year National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) grant project, " Bridging Cultures to Form
a Nation," which has been a partnership with AAC&U. Lunch will be
provided as part of regular registration. TDC Day will conclude at 3 p.m. on
Thursday when TDC will join our ADP colleagues for the start of the annual
conference. If you are registering as a member of a TDC institution, please be
sure to arrive in Louisville on Wednesday evening.

Day of
Service

ADP and TDC are consistently focused on sustainability—both in the way we
do the work we do and the habits we create—and although we advocate a life of
citizenship that goes beyond episodic days of action, this year, meeting
attendees will have the opportunity to touch the Louisville community during a
pre-conference service opportunity. Preceding the opening plenary session on
Thursday, June 5th, ADP and TDC will partner with a local company, O’Shea’s
Irish Pub (also the site of our closing reception), to offer those who sign up
a chance to spend the morning and early afternoon, alongside O’Shea’s staff,
volunteering at The Family Scholar House. Download ADP/TDC Day of Service Volunteer Form
(pdf)

Book Bag Donation!

In an effort to give back
to the community, we are asking that all participating institutions donate a
book bag from their university full of supplies for families at The Family
Scholar House. Supplies to consider are pencils, pens, erasers, pencil cases,
glue sticks, scissors (remember that you cannot carry scissors on the
plane, so put them in the bag you check or do not pack them), rulers,
notebooks, folders, binders, etc. Feel free to include kids and teenage-sized
university t-shirts and/or sweatshirts, stickers, etc. Book bags will be
donated to The Family Scholar House. With the ADP/TDC meeting occurring
before the start of the school year, this would be a perfect gift for a
student in need and a way to leave our footprint in our host city. Please
bring the book bags with you to the meeting and drop them off at the
registration desk or ship them to:

Please have
your shipment arrive no earlier than June 3rd and no later than June
5th.

We will display all the book bags in our
registration area and deliver them to the Family Scholar
House after the meeting.

Did you Know?

Louisville was named one of the ten most compassionate cities in America
according to the Compassionate Action Network. “It’s about more than just
encouraging volunteerism,” said Andrew Himes, executive director of Charter
for Compassion. “A city of compassion works consciously, intentionally, and
publicly to shine a spotlight on compassionate actions in every sphere of
public and private life.” Greg Fischer, mayor of Louisville said, “Being a
compassionate city is both the right thing and the necessary thing to do to
ensure that we take care of all of our citizens”. His city’s Metro Council
signed onto the program and has watched it grow over the past year and a half.
“There’s a role for all of us in making sure no one is left behind or goes
wanting.” Since taking office, Mayor Fischer has pursued three top goals:
making Louisville a city of lifelong learning, a much healthier city and an
even more compassionate community.

Preliminary Schedule

Schedule Outline

9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. NEW! Day of Service at the Family Scholar House. (RSVP Required)

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. NEW! TDC Day (all community college and two-year conference attendees) Breakfast on own, lunch and refreshments served

9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pre-conference: Civic Health Summit and Working Lunch (open only to Civic Health Initiative participants, Registration Required)($25 reg fee for lunch)ADP’s Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative, in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), will convene its 2014 civic health summit. This pre-conference session provides representatives from the 25 participating schools with the opportunity to learn about national civic health research and models, present on their campus models and action plans, and work together to plan for future publication and presentation opportunities.

Noon – 3 p.m. Campus & Friends Showcase Setup

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Pre-conference Session: Global Engagement Knowledge Exchange(no charge for registered attendees)ADP’s Global Engagement Scholars share exciting new elements of their Global Challenges curriculum and participants exchange ideas and information about best practices and lessons learned. If you’re currently teaching about the seven global challenges on your campus or are interested in doing so, this is the session for you!

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Economic Inequality Initiative Organizing Meeting (open to all )An open planning meeting and organizing session for the first ADP/TDC joint national initiative surrounding economic inequality. Facilitators: Teams from ADP campus Keene State College (N.H.) and TDC member Mount Wachusett Community College (Mass.).

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Bridging Cultures to Form a Nation: Difference, Community and Democratic Thinking (open to all TDC attendees, required for Bridging Cultures Grant participants, rsvp via email to Stephanie South requested)Co-sponsored by AAC&U and TDC, this interactive pre-conference symposium convenes Bridging Cultures project participants to share their progress, including successes and challenges and to trade insights about best practices and resources for sustaining their campus work in the last year of the project and beyond. Although this pre-conference session has been designed with our current Bridging Culture grantees in mind, we welcome others who have a high interest in NEH’s Bridging Cultures program to attend.If you would like to attend this session, please email Stephanie South at souths@aascu.org.Presenters: Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Initiatives David Paris, Vice President, and Chad Anderson, Program Associate, AAC&U

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Organizing Workshop on Citizen Alum (open to all)A hands-on introduction to organizing Citizen Alum (CA) campus teams, facilitated by members of CA teams at ADP/TDC institutions. This is an orientation for those interested in alumni as partners in building multi-generational communities of active citizenship and active learning. Facilitator: Julie Ellison, Citizen Alum Founder and Professor of American Culture and English, University of Michigan

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Community Learning Partnership: Forging Civic Pathways (open to all, rsvp via email to Stephanie South requested)To date the Community Learning Partnership (CLP) has developed eight Community Change Studies programs—civic pathways—across the country. This session presents CLP’s approach to establishing civic pathways that engage TDC and ADP campuses in Phoenix, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Detroit. Participants learn about how CLP programs are established and about CLP resources and tools available for developing similar programs among TDC and ADP campuses. If you would like to attend this session, please email Stephanie South at souths@aascu.orgPresenters: Ken Rolling, Executive Director, and Sydney Beane, National Field Director, Community Learning Partnership; and CLP Teams from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix and Detroit

Forging CivicPathways on Our Campuses and in Our Communities: Helping Students Navigate andSucceed in Higher Education Reflecting the conference theme, this session offers a vision for the creation of a set of curricular and co-curricular civic pathways designed to help students navigate through our two- and four-year colleges and universities and their surrounding communities. Existing pathways and partnerships are introduced, and meeting participants engage in a facilitated conversation designed to envision and develop new pathways on our campuses, in our communities and across public higher education.

5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Opening Reception & Campus and Friends Showcase

7 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

Friday, June 6

9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Plenary Session #Online:Democracy Gone DigitalWe carry the Internet in our pockets, and it has changed the way we work, shop, play and interact with each other. It’s also changing the way we teach and learn as well as how we organize and mobilize for or against the causes we care about. But are the connections and communities we build online authentic? Can anything worth saying be said in 140 characters? Does online activism actually start revolutions? What does it mean to be an eCitizen? What are our responsibilities in these new public spaces? And how can we harness the power of emergent technologies to advance civic learning and engagement efforts on our campuses? Join us for a moderated conversation about a world online and how we share within and shape it. Moderator: Mike Stout, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Missouri State University Presenters: Lauren Bird, Spokesperson & Digital Content Strategist at theHarry Potter Alliance SueyPark, Writer, Comedian and Activist Student Respondent: MonicaBustinza, Student, Miami Dade College (Fla.)

10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m. Concurrent Sessions

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Roundtables

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch on Your Own

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Committee Lunches TBA

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Poster Session

2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m. Lightning Rounds

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Panel Discussions

5:15 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

Saturday, June 7

7 a.m. – 5 p.m. RegistrationBreakfast on Your Own

7 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

Student Breakfast (students only, rsvp requested)We know it’s early, but all ADP and TDC student attendees are invited to attend this breakfast session for a chance to get to know their peers, network and share ideas about how to organize themselves for our movement. Also, we’re not saying there will be a speed-dating like exercise, but…we’re not saying there won’t be. Remember, we’re engaged—civically! Please note, we promise this session won’t be as corny as this description.

7 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Breakfast Meeting: How Students and Educators Can Use The New York Times to AchieveInstitutional Learning Outcomes (byinvitation)In this presentation, we will share our College's institutional outcomes and some ways that we have used The New York Times to prompt students to demonstrate them. As institutions move to develop institutional goals, The New York Times can facilitate students' transitions between social/civic roles and work/school learning contexts. Presenters: CarraLeah Hood, Associate Professor of Writing, Director of Essential Learning Outcomes and Daniel Fidalgo Tomé, Assistant Director of Service Learning, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Lynn Hall and Kevin Cappallo, National Education Directors, The New York Times

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plenary SessionUntold Stories of the Connected World: Journalism as an Instrument for CitizenshipA healthy news diet is critical for effective citizenship, yet information floods at us in increasingly chaotic forms. Quality journalism projects on the under-told stories that bind us to the world can help us make sense of it at a time when it has never been more important for Americans to do so. Presenter: Mark Schulte, Education Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Reflections and Closing Remarks
by ADP and TDC faculty and students Invited faculty and
students from ADP and TDC will reflect on the national meeting and our vision
for advancing civic pathways work between our organization and campuses. Facilitators: Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, ADP National
Manager, AASCU and Stephanie South,
TDC National CoordinatorPresenters: Nathan Fell, Student in Life
Sciences Teaching and the Urban Teacher Program, Metropolitan State University
(Minn.) and ADP Student Advisory Council Board MemberVilma
Fuentes, Assistant Vice
President of Academic Affairs, Sante Fe College (Fla.)Benjamin
Pacho, Student, De Anza
College Amelia
Ross-Hammond,
Professor and Director of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, Norfolk State
University (Va.)

Hotel

Room RateThe special conference rate is $169 for a single/double room plus 15.01% tax (current tax rate may change) A triple occupancy room is $ 179.00 and a quad occupancy room is 189.00 plus 15.01% tax (current tax rate may change) To obtain this rate, you must book your room by Wednesday May 14, 2014.Please book in the room block to receive complimentary Wi-Fi in your guest room. AASCU will be providing Wi-Fi in the meeting space as well.

Check- in time is 4 p.m. Check-out time is 11 a.m.

BLOCK OF ROOMS HAS NOW CLOSED

All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit, or guaranteed with a major credit card or by American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Any reservation canceled within (24) hours of the arrival date, will be charged for one (1) night’s room and tax.

Transportation and ParkingYou will want to fly in to Louisville International Airport (SDF). The hotel is 8 miles from the airport. Taxi fare is $19 one way from the airport to the hotel. If you plan on driving to the hotel and parking, we do have discounted parking for up to 30 vehicles. This will take the daily onsite parking rate of $22 a day down to $11 a day. The discounted rate is only for self-parking. If you are interested in discounted parking, please email or call Jill M. Gately ( gatelyj@aascu.org; 202-478-4668). For more transportation information, go to www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/sdflm-louisville-marriott-downtown/​

IMPORTANT NOTE

OVERFLOW HOTEL

An overflow block of rooms has been made at the Hyatt Regency Louisville which is connected via a walkway to the Marriott.There is a city-wide convention going on that week, so hotel space is limited in the area.The rate at the Hyatt is $179 plus 15.01% tax (Complimentary Wi-Fi is included)

If you would like a room at this hotel, you must call Jill Gately at (202) 478-4668 with your credit card information.

Cancellation Fee: $150If you
must cancel your registration, you will receive a full refund if the
cancellation is before 5 p.m. EST on Friday, May 31. There will be a $150
cancellation fee after that date. Special circumstances will be handled on an
individual basis. Guest meals should be cancelled by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, May
31 for a full refund; no refund is available after that date.